Background: The current lifetable approach to survival estimation is favoured by CF registries. Recognising the limitation of this approach, we examined the utility of a parametric survival model to project birth cohort ...

Forty three microsatellite markers were developed for further genetic characterisation of a forage and biomass grass crop, for which genomic resources are currently scarce. The microsatellite markers were developed from a ...

Mitigation measures to protect waterbodies must be implemented by 2012 to meet the requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive. The efficacy of these measures will be assessed in 2015. Whilst diffuse N pathways between ...

GUYETT, PAUL CHRISTOPHER(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Geology, 2018)

Large (>100 km) impact events have shaped the surfaces of terrestrial bodies in the inner Solar System. They have fundamentally altered the Earth?s geochemistry and may even have contributed to making the Earth habitable. ...

An Irish visa is a form of pre-entry clearance to travel to a point of entry to the State only. Whether or not the visa carries any legitimate expectation of entering the State has been debated in the courts. Ireland and ...

Oesophageal atresia/Tracheo-oesophageal fistula (OA/TOF) are relatively common malfonnations of the foregut in humans (Spitz, 2007). They require urgent corrective surgery after birth and have an impact on the future health ...

Flank terraces are topographically subtle, laterally extensive structures on the flanks of several large shield volcanoes on Mars. The formation of terraces has been ascribed to several mechanisms, including elastic ...

This research project developed a New Method of vulnerability mapping for the protection of karst aquifers in England and Wales alongside the COST Action 620 project, which developed a framework for a European Approach to ...

Vultures are recognized as the scroungers of the natural world, owing to their ecological role as obligate scavengers. While it is well known that vultures use intraspecific social information as they forage, the possibility ...

Assemblages of acritarchs, prasinophytes, and miospores were recovered from the uppermost Iquiri and lower portion of the Itacua formations in southeast Bolivia. Analysis of the diverse and somewhat abundant well-preserved ...

Understanding why rates of morphological evolution vary is a major goal in evolutionary biology. Classical work suggests that body size, interspecific competition, geographic range size and specialisation may all be ...

The example of peatlands is used to demonstrate the challenges facing the sustainable management of natural resources in situations where the fragility of an environment is not appreciated by all stakeholders. We reveal, ...

Semi-natural woodlands are a globally important ecosystem. The functioning of these woodlands are being impacted through a range of anthropogenic activities, which induce vegetation changes, including climate change, ...